Join: Jan 23, 2007
Name: raymondcrooke
Gender: Male
Hometown: Melbourne
Location: Melbourne, AU
Videos Watched: 0
Subscribers: 4372
Channel Views: 166449
Books: Alice in Wonderland, Finnegans Wake, Midnight's Children, The Enchanted Wood, The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Movies: Hitchcock, Bunuel, Kurosawa, Marx Brothers, Monty Python
Music: Folk, Classical
Hobbies: Music, Literature, Education
I am married with two adult sons and two grandsons, one from each son. I have a website about my folk music which you may like to visit. It is a wiki so you are welcome to contribute, add information or your own folk song page or links to your own site, or just use it to find lyrics and chords. For my Featured Video, I normally choose a video that has not had many views. When it reaches 500 views I change it for another one.Videos (1340)
1354. Caledonia (Dougie MacLean)
- Length: 5:55
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- View Count: 44
- Author: raymondcrooke
Tags: folk song scotland love patriotism caledonia
This will be my last upload for a few weeks as I will be visiting Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand. But there are probably some other songs on my channel that you haven't heard yet! This is a love song, not to a person but to a country. Caledonia was the Latin name given by the Romans to the land...
1353. Strangers On a Train (Original)
- Length: 6:39
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- View Count: 47
- Author: raymondcrooke
Tags: folk song hitchcock bruno antony patricia highsmith murder
This song briefly tells the story of Hitchcock's great 1951 classic movie, which was based on the novel "Strangers On a Train" by Patricia Highsmith. It's one of my favourite movies and of course a short song can't do justice to it, but hopefully it will encourage a few people to catch up with...
1352. Ham and Eggs (Traditional American)
- Length: 2:51
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- View Count: 67
- Author: raymondcrooke
Tags: folk song african american chain gang prison leadbelly lonnie donegan lewdite
Looks like they've put a video ad on this one. At least you can skip it after a few seconds! This African-American chain gang song is generally attributed to Lead Belly, but whether he actually composed it or adapted a traditional song is uncertain. The "Hah" sound represents the striking of the...
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Nic Jones - The Drowned Lovers
- Length: 6:33
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- View Count: 1117
- Author: thechapelperilous
Tags: Nic Jones English Folk Music
From the Album Penguin Eggs Copyright iNgrooves Topic Records
3 year old Jonathan conducting to the 4th movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony
- Length: 4:29
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- Author: esenuk
Tags: three year old Jonathan conducting 4th movement of Beethoven 5th Symphony violin violinist music musician conductor Herbert von Karajan orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker
This is 3 year old Jonathan conducting to the 4th movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. This piece was conducted by Herbert von Karajan and the Berliner Philharmoniker, one of Jonathan's favorite conductors and orchestras. Jonathan's passion for classical music became apparent when he was only...
The Next Time We Meet.wmv
- Length: 3:49
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- View Count: 336
- Author: ozzyhott
Tags: acoustic raymond dylan roger guitar harp cover time blues bob life christianity inspirational subtitles cody band zack brothers guitar cover cole first acoustic cover jam all brenda low
This is a great song,,written by Raymond Crooke,,,,,Im a great Bob Dylan lover and this song remind me so much of Dylan,,its a great song both in lyriccs and melody,,i really love this song,,so I asked permission to cover this one,,,my version is not as good as the original but I hope someone...